Dilwale (Music review), Hindi – Pritam

Posted by Karthik

Janam janam sounds like checking off a list of standard-issue elements in a Bollywood’ish melody, including clever use of Francis Lai’s Love Story theme, Where Do I Begin. Gerua too uses that, but goes further, with an obviously-pleasant sound, while Dilwale Theme hammers it down finally. Manma emotion is good fun, catchy hip-hop led well by Amit Mishra. The lilting, very-Goan Tukur tukur seems like a companion piece to Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s Chicken Kuk-Doo-Koo. Daayre‘s Coldplay’ish sound is accentuated by Arijit’s singing, while Premika rounds-off the album on a peppy, predictable note. Dilwale’s music distills Bollywood in all its familiar glory.